Location: NodeAmnesia
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 21st, 2008, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Scribe: MichaelWeinberg
Roll Call: RussellSenior, DonPark, MichaelWeinberg, LennyGee, TomHiggins

Agenda

• Pick location for next weekly
• See the van

• Brooklyn Neighborhood in Portland may want to do up a neighborhood net

• Need to eBay the Blackberry, anybody want to take that on?
• Discuss Onward Oregon and PTP partnership potential.
• Create some To-Do's for OSCON/TBA project
• Debate PTP newspaper ad.
• Todo's:

  • check on NodeLabarre

  • debug the wifidog problems reported at, for example, NodeRedAndBlack, NodeIntegrity, etc.

  • help reconfigure NodePioneerSquare with a Ubiquity NanoStation2

  • re-establish contact with NodeFirstUnitarian regarding expanding their node indoors

  • complete configuration of NodeMoonlight (or whatever we should be calling it these days)

  • register for the Mississippi Street Fair (if we aren't too late already)

  • ask DonPark about his auto-leaching software

Notes

• Russell mentions that the Hollywood Library now has its own wireless service. Previously, it has been well covered for many years by NodeHollywood.

• Next weekly will be June 4th at WorldCup in NW (18th and Glisan).

• Russell suggests we have a weekly at PGE Park after we get the Moonlight Staffing node back up.

• Don will eBay the Blackberry, with account assistance as needed from MichaelWeinberg.

• Onward Oregon is a non-profit, all-volunteer group that has a large advocacy base. They are interested in working on issues around public ownership of communications structure, particularly a municipal fiber infrastructure.
  • Onward Oregon has about 17K Portlanders on their action alert e-mail list. If there were a targeted action, they could contact that list.

  • Possible action would be tied to MetroFi turn-off. Two actions:

    • If you want to further wireless in Portland, work with Personal Telco.
    • Contact city-council and ask them to support municipal fiber.
  • They will send a template for us to assist in writing the action alert.
• To-Dos:
  • Make contact with PICA regarding collaboration.
  • Test wireless penetration with van and Powerstation at convention center.

  • DonPark will contact O'Reilly to see if we can setup a useable wireless network.

  • TomHiggins will spec out Twitter functionalities we want.

• Consensus that we should attempt to get interested stakeholders to contribute to ad.

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